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Why are my Alerts not Triggering: Understanding "When" conditions

Issue

An alert is not triggered for an error captured in Sentry. Despite the error being present in the dashboard, the expected alert did not produce a notification.

Applies To

  • Alerts

Symptoms

  • No alert notifications were sent, despite the alert triggering in the past for the same group of errors

  • The alert rule triggered for an error in the past (when the issue was initially created), but did not trigger when the error was seen more recently

Resolution

To resolve the issue, review your alert configuration, including:

  • Checking if there are monitors connected to the alert and if the monitors are correct.

  • Checking if the alert's environment is correct

  • Checking the conditions in the "Alert Builder" section. Does the captured event match all WHEN and IF conditions?

  • Checking if the triggers are correctly configured. It includes confirming the integrations used are working.

For more information on all Issue alert options, please check this page.

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